Sam to resume quest to become the first out gay player on an NFL roster.
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Michael Sam, the first out gay player drafted into the NFL, was released from the Dallas Cowboys today, the team announced.
Sam spent seven weeks with the Cowboys but was never promoted to the team's 53-man roster. He joined the club on Sept. 3 after being released the previous week by the St. Louis Rams, the team that drafted him near the end of the seventh round in May.
Sam later thanked the Cowboys for the opportunity in a series of tweets sent about an hour after he was reportedly released.